georgetown university basketball star who was hospitalized tonight after being shot at home in prince george's county. >> and now the police are searching for the gunmen. >> we can tell you that a high- ranking law enforcement source has confirmed that the man who was shot in his home near buie behind us, shot multiple times, is, in fact, 42-year-old former basketball star charles smith. he played in the late 80's with the georgetown hoyas and went on to play with the boston celtics. he was the big player of the year in 1989. after graduating there he went on to play pro basketball in boston. the shooting was over a gambling debt. the suspect has fled the scene. witnesses told police they saw a man wearing a red hat and a handgun. he ran out of the house and out of this very new development

complex here in buie. tonight, police do not exactly know the identity of the suspect. they're trying to figure out if this man knew the former basketball star very well, but they are learning tonight that it was over a gambling debt. we also understand that charles smith was part of the 1988 u.s. olympic team. he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. he is expected to survive. >> meanwhile, we're waiting on new developments on the don't ask, don't tell policy. the pentagon has issued new guidelines today. sometime tonight, -- late last night, but a judge allowed them to continue their current policy, at least for now. it back and forth legal battle has been waged over the last several weeks. >> we are also falling developing news out of charles

county where two high with workers were killed today. this happened around 1:30 p.m. akakeek.ernoon in actio investigators say the driver may have dozed off. the charges are pending against him. that stretch of barry road is closed in both directions. law-enforcement officials hope a major drug bust in the district will put a lid on a rash of recent violent crime. >> behind me is the garfield terrace complex. it is home to a number of senior citizens. investigators also believe it is the source of a lot of the violence inducing drug pcp. >> drug enforcement agents hold out a cache of drugs and guns. they believe a group of young

people rent a major pcp operation out of this complex for senior citizens. the residents here logged numerous complaints with police. they usually talk about the young man who would literally take over a senior citizens' apartment and use it to sell drugs. >> they would hijack your life to do what they want done. >> most are in custody charged with doing decent -- during pcp. pcp.th between pcdoing >> after their arrests, the garfield terrorists -- the garfield terrace residents are glad some, if not all of the drug dealers are gone. they just hope that there is not a new batch. >> the suspect who is high on pcp is the most

dangerous, and the attempt to get the drug off the street. >> it looks like the cost to bail out fannie mae and freddie mac may double. the cost to taxpayers will likely be more than 360 billion over the next three years. the bailout of the two mortgage buyer companies is expected to be the first thought -- the largest in history. this is the first time these numbers have been released. >>juan williams is standing by the comments he made that got him fired from npr. on monday he said he feels nervous when he sees people wearing muslim attire on an airplane. >> you cannot ignore what happened on 9/11 and you cannot ignore the connection to islamic radicalism. >> williams said he was fired

over the phone wednesday night without getting an opportunity to discuss what he said. today, npr said they terminated his contract because his comments were inconsistent with their editorial standards and practices. >> coming up, the latest in the chandra levy trial. the jury got smaller today. >> and al qaeda leader is invited to lunch. why did it the white house invite him to lunch just weeks before the attack? >> high pressure builds back into the atlantic's. what does that mean for the upcoming weekend? my forecast, coming up. >> we are live focus on breast cancer awareness. joining me now is a breast

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pentagon has invited a radical -- has learned that the -- a radical cleric was invited to the white house for lunch weeks before the 9/11 attacks. this clerk has also been linked to the failed christmas day plot and the fort hood it shootings. he is believed to be in yemen. the president has authorized the cia to kill him if they find him. >> a spokesperson for washington gas said the prospect of a warmer winter and lower natural gas prices should shrink bills by as much as 10% from a year ago. but if the winter turns out to be colder than expected, the prices could go up. >> we do not want to see that. still to come, will it get warmer this begin?

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[ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent.

today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will. hey ove, i'm gcapital one bank. anythey're everywhere. yeah, you're right! ♪

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president bill clinton has been out of office for 10 years, but he can still draw a crowd. >> i really think he deeply cares about this country, regardless of his personal problems -- well, past personal problems. he is a good man. >> gov. martin o'malley is happy to call on clinton was the star power. >> how in the world can we even have a rally when there is a campaign against the governor who gave you the number-one ranking public schools two years in a row, who made maryland the no. 2 state in the country according to the chamber of commerce in environmental small business and entrepreneurship. >> if it makes a difference in the vote remains to be seen. bob ehrlich announce today that

rudy guiliani will be campaigning on his behalf. but ehrlich says the decision will be a local one. >> national figures can help you raise money may be short term, but they do not define your legislative agenda. president clinton and obama go back to washington. >> governor o'malley says this was a great day, a great setting for him. ehrlich's saying the same thing about his perspective in the race. it is just 12 days until the polls opened. >> be sure to tune in to our election special, battleground 2010. our 1-hour-long report is tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. >> steven colbert rallies on the mall.

look at that. it is a porta-potti. john stewart talked about how he initially had some trouble using comes to dc. money steven colbert's marched to keep fears alive and the march to restore sanity will happen on the mall on october 30. >> for the next several days, lots of sunshine. we had the clouds roll in your earlier this morning and now our skies have cleared out very nicely. high-pressure back across the mid advantix. temperatures are cool tomorrow. wait until you see the upcoming

weekend. a lot of happy folks out there. 63 degrees in del city after a high of 68 degrees. 61 degrees up there and our final stop it takes us to rockville, high of 66. the official high at reagan national, 70 degrees. its normally only 66. the record, 85 degrees back in 1947. our temperatures right now, 64 degrees with wind gusts up to 30. temperatures will widen just a bit. temperatures today, well into the 70's 4 atlanta. satellite and radar, it is quite -- it is quiet.

high pressure will move back into the region. we do have a frost warning. that is up to 10:00 in west virginia and also in ohio. this high pressure will eventually move off to the east of us. we will look for temperatures in the upper 60's. winds will be out of the south and west. a very nice warmup for the upcoming weekend. temperatures fall from the upper 30 to the mid 40's. we will see temperatures warming up only to the upper 50 to lower 60's. on saturday, 75 -- 70 degrees on

saturday, 74 on sunday. a few showers on monday and tuesday. temperatures in the mid 70's, nighttime lows in the 50's. >> things are looking coulee for the redskins. >> he is my guy. he's my favorite red skin. i've been getting a lot of tax and e-mails about him. he is cleared and it will play sunday in chicago. we will keep a close eye on him the rest of the week. fred davis was prepared to step in for couey this week. -- for coulee this week.

>> [unintelligible] >> carlos rogers can find out cover, but he stumbled catching the football when he has a chance for the past. i watched some of these games in college, including the fed sugar bowl, and he could catch in college. mike shanahan, what is the deal with this guy? >> he just has to have the confidence. he has not come down with the catches, but he has not practiced very consistently. he has a few this week. >> albert haynesworth will figure prominently in sunday's game. he has been great and will be active. there is the quarterback, jacob are, who has been sacked 15 times in the last two -- j. cutler, who has been sacked 15 times last two games.

tonight, the other half of the series with the capitals. in case you went to bed early last night, the giants built -- beat the phillies -- the giants lost to the phillies. the phillies are on the ropes, needing to win the last three games. >> darian harris saved his best for last against rivals sainte- johnn. >> [unintelligible] >> darian was at the work course late, and delivering blows -- without the work horse late, delivering blows and giving credit where credit was due. >> they did a great job in the

end. date opened a whole and it was wide open. i just took the ball and finished it off from there. >> congratulations to darian harris, who has verbally committed to play at michigan state university. >> way to go, even though you beat sainte-johnn. third overall pick in the lead there. scraggly beard. >> the obama administration will propose the first greenhouse gas limits on heavy truck and bus emissions. >> in an effort to boost fuel economy and reduce overall pollution, the administration will ask them to reduce emissions by 20% by 2015. environmentalists say they will

-- they prefer stricter limits. >> you are asking and they are answering. there's still time to call our experts. there's still time to call our experts. the people f

bob ehrlich's 24 years in politics. in congress ehrlich voted with george bush 90% of the time, protecting the special interests. as governor, ehrlich cut education, increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid $2.5 million to represent casinos and wall street banks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first.

>> he waited six long years for this moment.

a st. louis man had a million- dollar painting stolen from his home and now he has a back. he owned this the original oil by spanish artist for nearly half a century, but thieves broke into his home in 2004 and took the canvas. until last week's in southwest florida -- until last week in southwest florida. the painting has now been recovered. >> a better forecast on the way. 70 degrees this afternoon. tomorrow only in the lower 60's. a few more clouds on sunday, but still in the mid 70's. a few showers on monday and tuesday. normally this time of year temperatures are around 65 degrees, so we will take temperatures in the 70's. degrees, so we will take temperatures in the 70's. >> 70 degrees, no humidity,

it was death by metro, death by mismanagement. i called for an immediate audit, the results were chilling. so i insisted metro actually follow national safety standards for the first time. the brass at metro wasn't happy, but frankly i don't care. i'm not the senator for metro, i'm the senator for maryland. i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message.

woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money.

woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction.